The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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... flowers re- sembled scraggy German women with luxuriant but colourless hair . The hydrangea pots were wrapped round ... flower pots no longer had cigarette stubs in them . The old heating system hissed . Outside , snow fell slant- wise ...
... flowers re- sembled scraggy German women with luxuriant but colourless hair . The hydrangea pots were wrapped round ... flower pots no longer had cigarette stubs in them . The old heating system hissed . Outside , snow fell slant- wise ...
Page 110
... flowers yet , it was too early in the year . These artificial wreaths and flowers ( especially the large shiny roses ) were very skilfully made by the Livny women . They were famous for it all over the area . To colour the wood shavings ...
... flowers yet , it was too early in the year . These artificial wreaths and flowers ( especially the large shiny roses ) were very skilfully made by the Livny women . They were famous for it all over the area . To colour the wood shavings ...
Page 214
... flowers could be bourgeois or trite and that geraniums were the favourite flowers of the urban poor , of airless basements where poor artisans huddle in great numbers . It had long been a popular con- viction that geraniums purified the ...
... flowers could be bourgeois or trite and that geraniums were the favourite flowers of the urban poor , of airless basements where poor artisans huddle in great numbers . It had long been a popular con- viction that geraniums purified the ...
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Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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